Description

Danseuses jupes jaunes (Deux danseuses en jaune), a stunning pastel by Edgar Degas, realized £5,417,250 ($8,700,104) at London's Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale on February 9, 2011. A highly finished work from circa 1896, it shows the artist’s favoured theme, the ballet, captured in the explosive palette that marked his works from this period. (RT: 1:47)